Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of each.
-- Henry David Thoreau
Give your sorrow all the space and shelter in yourself that is its due.
-- Etty Hillesum
Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses, and disappointments.
-- Joseph Addison
Love does not allow people to flee or shield themselves from the pain or the troubles of this life. Genuine lovers move deeply into the life-and-death dramas of this world, like a plant that sinks roots deep into fertile soil, and there give themselves wholly to the flourishing of life. To withhold oneself from love is to withhold oneself from participating in a complete life.…
-- Norman Wirzba
Prior 4 Observations (from Others).
